Drops of water on grass, originally uploaded by Ransome.I Saw God Wash the World Last Night
I saw God wash the world last night
with His sweet showers on high,
and then, when morning came, I saw
Him hang it out to dry.
He washed each tiny blade of grass
and every trembling tree;
He flung His showers against the hill,
and swept the billowing sea.
The white rose is a cleaner white,
the red rose is more red,
since God washed every fragrant face
and put them all to bed.
There’s not a bird, there’s not a bee
that wings along the way
but is a cleaner bird and bee
than it was yesterday.
William L. Stidger 1885-1949
Quotes about rain
I think rain is as necessary to the mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty, and crave the moisture. John Burroughs
Vexed sailors curse the rain for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. Waller
On this day:
1989: University of Chicago doctors implanted part of a woman’s liver in her 21-month-old daughter in the nation’s first living donor liver transplant.
1992: President-elect Clinton met for more than an hour with former President Reagan in Los Angeles.
1995: House Speaker Newt Gingrich ruled out a 1996 presidential run.
